Bangor man charged for reportedly biting wife

As he was collecting his belongings during a dispute with his wife Sunday, a Bangor man said he went to get his cat and his wife’s arm got in the way. He bit her arm, accidentally.

A Bangor police officer could see two bite marks on the woman’s arm when he went to interview her Sunday evening.

Adam J. Hansen, 21, was charged with two counts of assault in connection with the incident Sunday and for the night before when his wife said he assaulted her and a friend.

She said Saturday night, Hansen wouldn’t let her into the home at first and when he did, he choked her. A friend was there and jumped onto the 6-foot-1 man in an effort to defend the wife, but Hansen choked her and twisted her arm, according to the police report.

Hansen took the phone cord and prevented them from calling the police; the wife said he pushed her to the floor before he left to spend the night at his mother’s house. The wife said she didn’t call the police, hoping she could work things out.

He returned Sunday with his parents and a bag to hold his belongings, but was let in only after his father remained outside, according to the woman’s statement. She said they continued to argue as Hansen tore the home apart trying to get what belonged to him. Concerned that he might take some of her belongings, she followed him into one of the rooms.

She said while she went to grab the cat, Hansen bit her arm. Two bite marks could be seen on the woman’s arm, Warner said.

Reached at his mother’s home on Bowdoin Street, Hansen told Officer Steve Jordan that when he went to get his cat, his wife put her arm in the way and he accidentally bit it. He admitted to Jordan that he had been very angry at the time, but insisted he was in control at the time.

A Veazie man stopped for having a nonworking headlight fled briefly from Veazie police before giving up and telling police he wanted to confess to everything.

After the car pulled into the parking lot of the community center on Olive Street, the driver got out of the car and fled. Veazie police Officer T.J. Warner followed and ordered the man to stop. He did, telling the officer that he didn’t want trouble and that he’d confess to everything.

As well as admitting to being on probation, 20-year-old David E. Chapman also admitted to drinking six or seven alcoholic beverages, telling police, “I’m pretty messed up.”

Among the things Warner and Cpl. John Dall learned as part of their investigation was that Chapman’s license was suspended and the vehicle he was driving was stolen from the Ground Round on Odlin Road in Bangor. An Intoxilyzer test registered Chapman’s blood alcohol level at 0.15 percent, or nearly twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

He was arrested on a probation violation and also charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, operating a motor vehicle after license suspension and theft by unauthorized use.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli